I have a 2.5 yr old 2K GLE with 26k on it. I've just noticed a major blemish on my front bumber. The paint has a large (5 inches long) swirl in it. It is cracking into a zillion cracks. The cracking looks like its in the paint and the clear coat because it is rough to the touch. This just appeared out of nowhere! I know there are a lot of you out there with paint problems, and I searched the forums to see if anyone had anything similar; didn't find anything. The main characteristic about it that strikes me as strange is the swirling shape of it. Wierd. Anybody else had this sort of thing happen after a while?

 

Sounds like something hit your bumper...flexed it in which would cause the cracking you described.

 

Its either somebody sabotaged my car when I wasn't looking, or its some wierd paint defect. Considering its to the left of my license plate, which is completely intact, it couldn't have been another car...

Furthermore, the shape of the damage is swirly shaped, with finger-like protrusions.

I guess there's nothing I can do about it but pout...

 

Probably a car backed into yours with the corner of its bumper? The flexing of the bumper would cause the swirls you described.

 

I agree